Capernaum

We completed the Jesus Trail, which totaled about 50 miles with some extra routes!!. The last day Saturday) it hit 111 degrees! Thankfully we had much cooler weather for most of the days. We never found a modern town of Capernaum. Most of the coastline in this area have been preserved by one church or another with shrines or chapels built over top of the suspected locations for events like the sermon on the mount, loaves and fishes miracle, and Peter’s house where Jesus healed Peter’s wife. All well meaning preservation efforts but, in my opinion, these fancy chapels and alters distract from the original setting making it hard to take in the experience. The lake was beautiful and serene, however, and hard to leave.

We drove back to Jerusalem, south through the Jordan River Valley with a Hebrew taxi driver named Gadi. He was a wonderful tour guide as well, stopping at the traditional baptism site and for a quick picture of a camel. This was a change from the suggested bus ride, which we would’ve had to wait until Sabbath was over to catch. The taxi ride was an answer to prayer and Gadi kindly gave up his day off.

Our WiFi connections have been super slow and only allowing us to pick one picture! We will update with more when we get back to faster connections!